04-29-2022, 02:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-29-2022, 02:19 PM by Jakeospikez.)
(04-29-2022, 01:58 PM)F Gump Wrote: It's not a reasonable or rational standard to think that 'anything better than Maxi' (who is paid less than MLE) is worth max money (which Collins is getting). If you're paying max (or giving value to get such a player), you need to be getting MAX-worthy production.
In a league where your payroll is limited, and choices have to be made, that's a real life concern.
If Maxi gives you most of the value at a fraction of the price, it may be wiser not to allocate massive parts of your payroll to Collins. Collins, for all his various skills we see at times, is well short of max level in his regular season production, and his playoff numbers this year were fairly mediocre, and last year as well. If we had him, we'd be wondering how we can upgrade him to someone who is a difference maker, and bemoaning the contract that is making that difficult.
His production does take a hit when he shares the floor with Capela though so you have to take that into consideration. If he were the featured rim runner he'd be involved in a lot more plays instead of standing in the corner being Maxi. Also he's coming off an injury, might have been rushed back a little bit for the playin + playoffs. Maybe even less than Maxi since I guess Maxi in 5 out does a lot of pick n pop. More like Maxi in a Maxi + Powell lineup.